parramatta
/ˌpærəˈmætə/(亦作paramatta)
noun
mass noun
- a fine-quality twill fabric with a weft of worsted and a warp of cotton or silk, used originally as a dress material and now particularly in the making of rubber-proofed garments毛葛; 棉毛呢。
词源
early 19th cent.: named after Parramatta, a city in New South Wales, Australia, which was the site of a prison whose inmates manufactured the cloth for clothing supplied to the convict servants of settlers.